Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon

Armstrong Vets; Folda; On-site; GBP 56,700 - 69,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £63k+

6.8 weeks leave

RCVS membership

VDS cover

CPD allowance

Health plan

Onsite parking

Cycle to work

VetPartners benefits

Job summary

Tay Valley Vets in Perthshire is seeking an experienced small animal vet to join a friendly, collaborative team. You’ll be comfortable with occasional sole charge and will contribute to high clinical standards while supporting our 24-hour emergency service.

You’ll work alongside RVNs and experienced colleagues, with protected diaries, 15-minute consults, and a forward-thinking approach that values development and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experienced small animal veterinarian capable of occasional sole charge.
• Comfortable working within a collaborative team with RVNs.
• Engages in high clinical standards and open communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care for small animals.
• Collaborate with RVNs and colleagues to manage cases.
• Support 24-hour emergency service and wellbeing initiatives.

Skills

Small animal vet

Sole charge

Out-of-hours

Team collaboration

Job description

Join a Supportive Team Where Your Skills—and Wellbeing—Are Valued

Would you like to be part of a friendly, collaborative veterinary team where colleagues enjoy sharing knowledge, supporting one another and delivering excellent patient care, while still maintaining a healthy work-life balance?

At Tay Valley Vets, we’re proud to offer exactly that.

About Us:

Tay Valley Vets is an established, purpose-built, RCVS-accredited small animal practice set in the heart of beautiful Perthshire, consistently voted among the best places to live in the UK.

We have built a reputation for excellent patient care, long-standing client relationships and a genuinely positive working environment. We are proud to provide our own 24-hour emergency service, giving our clients continuity of care and our vets the opportunity to manage cases from start to finish.

You will be joining:

• A friendly and collaborative team of experienced vets
• A highly capable team of RVNs who play a central role in patient care
• A practice that values communication, teamwork and high clinical standards
• A supportive environment where clinical development is actively encouraged

Our Facilities:

Our well-equipped practice includes:

• Six consulting rooms
• Dedicated imaging suite
• Dedicated dental suite with digital dental radiography
• Two operating theatres
• Multiparameter anaesthetic monitoring
• Comprehensive in-house laboratory including haematology, biochemistry, urinalysis and cytology
• Visiting orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeons
• Hydrotherapy pool

We are proud to support professional development, with two of our vets currently studying towards certificates in surgery and medicine.

Our multidisciplinary team includes an ACPAT Physiotherapist, based in the practice two days each week, providing both land-based and hydrotherapy rehabilitation for our own patients and referral cases.

We also work alongside a pain consultant, behaviourist and veterinary acupuncturist, enabling a genuinely collaborative and holistic approach to patient care.

About You:

We are looking for an experienced small animal vet who is confident with occasional sole charge and, above all, enjoys being a vet.

You’ll enjoy working alongside passionate colleagues who strive to provide the very best care for their patients while supporting the high-quality out-of-hours service that is an important part of our practice.

Whether you have an established area of clinical interest or are looking to develop one, we’ll support you in building the career you want.

We Can Offer You:

• A friendly, approachable and enthusiastic team who are excited to welcome a new colleague
• A forward-thinking practice with genuine clinical freedom. We believe in doing as much as possible in-house and actively encourage the development of individual clinical interests.
• A 1:5 out-of-hours rota, with a day off following a weekday on-call and a long weekend after a weekend on-call.
• average daytime working week is approximately 29 hours
• Our experienced RVN team provides 24-hour nursing cover, assisting with emergencies, triaging calls and caring for inpatients overnight.
• Excellent work-life balance, with time back for any rare additional hours worked and three regular 5 pm finishes each week.
• Well-managed appointment diaries, including 15-minute routine consultations, double appointments for more complex cases, protected same-day emergency appointments and 30 minutes of catch-up time built into the end of each day.

Benefits of Working with Us (pro rata):

• Salary up to £63,000 depending on experience
• 6.8 weeks annual leave
• RCVS membership paid plus two additional professional memberships
• VDS cover
• Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
• Career progression opportunities
• Focus on employee wellbeing
• Generous CPD allowance, with certificates funded and actively encouraged
• Cost price for your own pets
• Health Cash Plan, offering contributions towards a wide range of health and wellbeing treatments, from dentistry to sports massage
• Optional private medical insurance
• Free onsite parking
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to the VetPartners Learning Hub and specialist support across the VetPartners network

We work hard to be a great place to work and, as the newly awarded VetPartners Employer of the Year, we’re proud to offer a supportive, progressive environment where people can develop and thrive.

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you.

We are a friendly and caring veterinary practice, providing a wide range of animal care for pets and equine.

Tay Valley Vets and Equine Centre has served the Perth area for over 70 years, treating all varieties of pets and equine.

£63,000 depending on experience

£1750 CPD Allowance per annum, Health plan - wide ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments - from dentistry to sports massage RCVS Membership paid, two other membership subscriptions VDS cover Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay Discounted veterinary fees Offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more Cycle to Work scheme CPD/training support Company sick pay Colleague engagement survey Annual pay reviews Focus on employee wellbeing Career progression opportunities